Back to Productions
Art is a Cupboard
An OBERIU docudrama
By Melissa Major
Directed by Naomi Knight & Melissa Major
Feb. 4-7, 2004
Theatre Glendon
All Tickets PAY WHAT YOU CAN
In the late 1920's/early 1930's in Stalin's Soviet country of fear, people are disappearing, being arrested, exiled. The state is dominating literature, science, sport and even thought. How can one rebel against such a force?
OBERIU, The Association of Real Art, the last avant-garde literary group of the period. This group banded together in a way that posed a serious threat to their survival; they brought the absurd to life.
Art is a Cupboard. An OBERIU docudrama: A dark, yet devilishly funny account of Russian post-revolution chaos. A true story that brings the history of this tragic period into the only place it has left to exist: your mind.
Featuring : Dave Andrews, Dan Cohen, Alison Davidson-Arnott, Chris Floyd, Kevin Friedberg, Chelsea Ireton, Melissa Major & Valentin Plessy
Live music by: Enza Bambina, Cathia Badière, Jen Calder, Aramenta Mileski, Gillian Muir, Adrienne Nassiopoulos
Chorus Director / Jen Calder
Stage Manager / Eve Picard
Production Manager / Kaela Gillan
Technical Directors / Mathew Kensett & Duncan Appleton
Costume Designer / Heather Caple
Set Designer / Daniel Cohen
Lighting Designer / Marissa Gregoris
Visuals Designer / Melissa Major
Props Master / Chelsea Ireton
